- A research professor at the University of Arizona has found the ancient inhabitants of the Mesa Verde area used complex geometry to build a temple — the first sign of such sophisticated geometrical skills in North America.
- For nine years, Montanya Rum has been distilled in the Colorado mountains. It is now being exported to seven countries and recently received an award as a notable Colorado export business.
- Grand Junction is feeling a Trump bump -- President Trump's energy-friendly policies are kick starting new drilling activity in an area that has been in an energy slump.
- The dobrato is a mashup of a guitar and a dobro with a note-bending lever.
- Amtrak and the National Park Service are in harmony on adding a new amenity for parks and trains: an official Trails and Rails Troubadour.
- NASA is studying snow in Colorado to eventually be able to predict floods and drought worldwide via satellite.
- A microscopic insect that destroys grape vines has turned up in Colorado vineyards.
- A University of Colorado anthropology professor has found that undocumented workers are often the victims, not the perpetrators, of identity theft.
- University of Colorado professor Travis Rupp is studying, and writing about, beer archaeology.
- Denver is among nine cities vying to host the international Gay Games in 2022.
- Mesa County has a burning issue: Too many residents are putting a match to trash, yard refuse and fields. Clean air advocates want to douse this longstanding practice.
- With its heaps of snow and bone-chilling cold, Silverton, Colorado might feel like the South Pole in winter. The remote mountain town also has a close bond to a dangerous, pioneering road project at the bottom of the world.
- Hard cider is the newest craft liquor to to take the adult beverage market by storm.
- Matthew Boyle bought a Montrose funeral home last fall and made a ghastly discovery in the basement.
- One of the fastest-growing suburbs in Colorado was once home to a prehistoric meat market. Thirsty mammoths and camels came to Lamb Spring in Douglas County. Hungry humans followed.
- From darts to machine guns, humans’ evolving arsenal of weapons is on display in Grand Junction.
